RE: He Who Would Be Emperor: In Pursuit of the Chrysanthemum Throne
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Thanks for the history lesson. So I did Taira no KiyomorI eventually manage to install his grandson as emperor?
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Yep. Emperor Antoku. But the Taira lost the war, and Antoku leap to his death in the waters at Dan-no-Ura with his grandmother.
And he didn’t have any kids to succeed his lineage, did he?
Nope. He was only 8 or 9. He didn't really know what was going on. Who knows what was actually going on, but the tradition is that his grandmother encouraged him to leap to his death in the waters by telling him they were visiting the dragon king and that he would treat them well.